Twenty senators — 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans — signed a statement announcing the framework deal. The move indicated that the agreement could have enough GOP support to defeat a filibuster, the Senate supermajority rule that has impeded previous gun legislation. Activists against gun violence said June 11 in Washington that their lives were directly affected by shootings and called for more restrictive gun laws. AdvertisementMinority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) did not formally endorse the deal in a statement Sunday but offered encouragement to the negotiators. A 2013 push after the Sandy Hook massacre to expand background checks to cover more gun transactions, including gun show and internet sales, fell six votes short in the Senate.

Source: Washington Post June 12, 2022 18:38 UTC